Fees & Deadlines

DEADLINES (11:59 p.m. PST)

The 2018 Gold Quill Awards program will open in late September 2017. The 2018 deadlines are:

Early-bird deadline: 15 November 2017

Deadline: 10 January 2018

Late deadline: 30 January 2018 (11:59pm US Pacific Time)

Winners are announced in April.

TIME FRAME

All eligible work must be implemented, published or broadcast between January 2015 and the day of submission. If a long-term strategy was developed prior to January 2015 and hasn’t previously been entered, it is eligible for entry. If you entered your work in 2016 or 2017 and didn’t win an award, you may revise and re-enter your project. Entries that have won in previous years may not be resubmitted.

ENTRY FEES

Entrant

Early-bird deadline

Final deadline

Late deadline

IABC members

US$275

US$350

US$450

Non-member

US$375

US$450

US$550

Student member

US$25

US$40

US$50

Non-member students

US$60

US$75

US$90

Entry fees in U.S. dollars

Refund requests must be submitted in writing to recognition@iabc.com and received before the submission deadline to be considered. No refunds will be provided after the final 30 January 2018 deadline.

For information on the benefits of IABC membership, call IABC headquarters toll-free at 800.776.4222 or +1 415.544.4700 outside the U.S. and Canada, visit iabc.com, or contact member_relations@iabc.com.